Lives Full of Struggle and Triumph: Southern Women, Their Institutions, and Their Communities (New Perspectives on the History of the South)

A splendid sampler of the very latest and best of scholarship in the field of southern women's history.--Thomas Appleton, Eastern Kentucky University Spanning the sweep of southern women's history from colonial times to the late 20th century, this collection represents the best scholarship on the lives and experiences of black and white southern women. Through topics as diverse as the rise of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the organization of labor in the apparel industry, these essays explore how southern women constantly moved beyond the traditional confines of race, class, and gender to resist the restrictions of a patriarchal society and assert themselves through organizations and institutions in their communities and personal lives. Contents Introduction, by Anne Firor Scott Part I. The Private World 1. The Empire of My Heart: The Marriage of William Byrd II and Lucy Parke Byrd, by Paula A. Treckel 2. The New Andromeda: Sarah Morgan and the Post-Civil War Domestic Ideal, by Giselle Roberts 3. The Worst Results in Mississippi May Prove the Best for Us: Blanche Butler Ames and Reconstruction, by Warren Ellem 4. College Girls: The Female Academy and Female Identity in the Old South, by Anya Jabour Part II. The Civil War Era 5. 'Tis True That Our Southern Ladies Have Done and Are Still Acting a Conspicuous Part in This War: Women on the Confederate Home Front in Edgefield County, South Carolina, by Orville Vernon Burton 6. Ministries in Black and White: The Catholic Nuns of St. Augustine, 1859-1869, by Barbara E. Mattick 7. The Rise of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1894-1914, by Karen L. Cox Part III. The Segregation Era 8. Keepers of the Hearth: Women, the Klan, and Traditional Family Values, by Glenn Feldman 9. Warm Personal Friend, or Worse Than Hitler? How Southern Women Viewed Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945, by Pamela Tyler Part IV. The Era of Social Change 10. Esther Cooper Jackson: A Life in the Whirlwind, by Sarah Hart Brown 11. From Sharecropper to Schoolteacher: Thelma McGee's Mississippi Girlhood, by Kathi Kern 12. Bridges Burned to a Privileged Past: Anne Braden and the Southern Freedom Movement, by Catherine Fosl 13. Vivion Brewer of Arkansas: A Ladylike Assault on the Southern Way of Life, by Elizabeth Jacoway 14. After the Wives Went to Work: Organizing Women in the Southern Apparel Industry, by Michelle Haberland Bruce Clayton is Harry A. Logan Professor of History at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. He is the author of a biography of W. J. Cash and has co-authored a previous book with John Salmond, Debating Southern History: Ideas and Actions in the Twentieth Century South. John A. Salmond is professor of American history at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Gastonia 1929: The Story of the Loray Mill Strike; 'My Mind Set on Freedom': A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968; and The General Textile Strike of 1934: From Maine to Alabama (2002). "A splendid sampler of the very latest and best of scholarship in the field of southern women's history."--Thomas Appleton, Eastern Kentucky University Spanning the sweep of southern women's history from colonial times to the late 20th century, this collection represents the best scholarship on the lives and experiences of black and white southern women. Through topics as diverse as the rise of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the organization of labor in the apparel industry, these essays explore how southern women constantly moved beyond the traditional confines of race, class, and gender to resist the restrictions of a patriarchal society and assert themselves through organizations and institutions in their communities and personal lives. Contents Introduction, by Anne Firor Scott Part I. The Private World 1. "The Empire of My Heart": The Marriage of William Byrd II and Lucy Parke Byrd, by Paula A. Treckel 2. The New Andromeda: Sarah Morgan and the Post-Civil War Domestic Ideal, by Giselle Roberts 3. "The Worst Results in Mississippi May Prove the Best for Us": Blanche Butler Ames and Reconstruction, by Warren Ellem 4. "College Girls": The Female Academy and Female Identity in the Old South, by Anya Jabour Part II. The Civil War Era 5. "'Tis True That Our Southern Ladies Have Done and Are Still Acting a Conspicuous Part in This War": Women on the Confederate Home Front in Edgefield County, South Carolina, by Orville Vernon Burton 6. Ministries in Black and White: The Catholic Nuns of St. Augustine, 1859-1869, by Barbara E. Mattick 7. The Rise of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1894-1914, by Karen L. Cox Part III. The Segregation Era 8. Keepers of the Hearth: Women, the Klan, and Traditional Family Values, by Glenn Feldman 9. Warm Personal Friend, or Worse Than Hitler? How Southern Women Viewed Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945, by Pamela Tyler Part IV. The Era of Social Change 10. Esther Cooper Jackson: A Life in the Whirlwind, by Sarah Hart Brown 11. From Sharecropper to Schoolteacher: Thelma McGee's Mississippi Girlhood, by Kathi Kern 12. "Bridges Burned to a Privileged Past": Anne Braden and the Southern Freedom Movement, by Catherine Fosl 13. Vivion Brewer of Arkansas: A Ladylike Assault on the "Southern Way of Life," by Elizabeth Jacoway 14. After the Wives Went to Work: Organizing Women in the Southern Apparel Industry, by Michelle Haberland Bruce Clayton is Harry A. Logan Professor of History at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. He is the author of a biography of W. J. Cash and has co-authored a previous book with John Salmond, Debating Southern History: Ideas and Actions in the Twentieth Century South. John A. Salmond is professor of American history at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Gastonia 1929: The Story of the Loray Mill Strike; My Mind Set on Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968; and The General Textile Strike of 1934: From Maine to Alabama (2002). Table of Contents......Page 6 Foreword vii......Page 8 Preface xi......Page 12 Introduction 1......Page 14 Part I. The Private World......Page 22 1. “The Empire of My Heart”: The Marriage of William Byrd II and Lucy Parke Byrd 11......Page 24 2. The New Andromeda: Sarah Morgan and the Post–Civil War Domestic Ideal 37......Page 50 3. “The Worst Results in Mississippi May Prove the Best for Us”: Blanche Butler Ames and Reconstruction 57......Page 70 4. “College Girls”: The Female Academy and Female Identity in the Old South 74......Page 87 Part II. The Civil War Era......Page 106 5. “’Tis True that Our Southern Ladies Have Done and Are Still Acting a Conspicuous Part in This War”: Women on the Confederate Home Front in Edgefield County, South Carolina 95......Page 108 6. Ministries in Black and White: The Catholic Nuns of St. Augustine, 1859–1869 109......Page 122 7. The Rise of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1894–1914 126......Page 139 Part III. The Segregation Era......Page 160 8. Keepers of the Hearth: Women, the Klan, and Traditional Family Values 149......Page 162 9. A Warm, Personal Friend, or Worse Than Hitler? How Southern Women Viewed Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933–1945 181......Page 194 Part IV. The Era of Social Change......Page 214 10. Esther Cooper Jackson: A Life in the Whirlwind 203......Page 216 11. From Sharecropper to Schoolteacher: Thelma McGee’s Mississippi Girlhood 225......Page 238 12. “Bridges Burned to a Privileged Past”: Anne Braden and the Southern Freedom Movement 247......Page 260 13. Vivion Brewer of Arkansas: A Ladylike Assault on the “Southern Way of Life” 264......Page 277 14. After the Wives Went to Work: Organizing Women in the Southern Apparel Industry 283......Page 296 Notes on the Contributors 303......Page 316 Index 309......Page 322 Spanning the sweep of southern women's history from colonial times to the late 20th century, this collection represents the best scholarship on the lives and experiences of black and white southern women. It explores how southern women constantly moved beyond the traditional confines of race, class, and gender to resist the restrictions of a patriarchal society and assert themselves through organizations and institutions in their communities and personal lives Spanning southern women's history from colonial times to the late-20th century, this collection discusses the lives and experiences of black and white southern women. It shows how they moved beyond the confines of race, class and gender to resist the restrictions of a patriarchal society.